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1) Even money
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Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a book-maker so he knows not to expect any sympathy from the punters as they count their winnings at Royal Ascot. When a man steps forward from the crowd claiming to be his father, Ned is thrown into turmoil. He'd been told that both his parents died when he was a baby. Barely an hour later, his father stabbed by an unknown assailant. Before dying, he warns Ned to "be very careful." But of whom? Of what? Ned finds...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
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Former CIA agent Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. He's already deep into the investigation of a multi-million dollar NFL gambling scandal and the unsolved slayings of 18 schoolgirls when he learns of a horrific murder close to home: his best friend's wife, Jack's former lover, has been killed.
3) The winner
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 25
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800L
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THE DREAM: She is twenty, beautiful, dirt-poor, and hoping for a better life for her infant daughter when LuAnn Tyler is offered the gift of a lifetime, a $100 million lottery jackpot. All she has to do is change her identity and leave the U.S. forever.
THE KILLER: It's an offer she dares to refuse...until violence forces her hand and thrusts her into a harrowing game of high-stakes, big-money subterfuge. It's a price she won't fully pay...until...
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Steve and Susan Carol sports mysteries volume 1
[Sports Beat volume 1
Sports beat volume 01
[Steve and Susan sports mysteries volume 1
[Sports Beat volume 1
Sports beat volume 01
[Steve and Susan sports mysteries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
760L
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After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game. Steven Thomas is one of two lucky winners of the U.S. Basketball Writer's Association's contest for aspiring journalists. His prize? A trip to New Orleans and a coveted press pass for the Final Four. It's a basketball junkie's dream...
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Bored congressional aides Matthew Mercer and Harris Sandler are invited to join the Zero Game, a contest in which players bet on seemingly inconsequential matters such as how many times a senator will say a certain word, but they find themselves pursued by a determined assassin when they question the outcome of what they thought was a sure-thing wager on the sale of an abandoned South Dakota gold mine.
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Nina Reilly novels volume 7
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Attorney Nina Reilly defends a client whose jackpot winnings are threatened by the fact that she is hiding a dark secret about her true identity.
8) Private
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Former CIA agent Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. He's already deep into the investigation of a multi-million dollar NFL gambling scandal and the unsolved slayings of 18 schoolgirls when he learns of a horrific murder close to home: his best friend's wife, Jack's former lover, has been killed.
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The detective told the man that he would do whatever he could to find his missing wife. She has a history of running away, and he finds her in a sleazy hotel. When she disappears again, there is blood on the kitchen floor and the husband is the prime suspect.
10) Riders down
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Jack Doyle horseracing mysteries volume 2
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"[An] intriguing tale of espionage, murder and suspense"-Publishers Weekly
Nine surviving members of a U-boat crew captured duringWorld War II gather in North Carolina for their 60th reunion, only to find themselves targets for a group kill.
Meanwhile, after scouring hospital records to find her biological parents, a 36-year-old unwed mother from Oklahoma stumbles upon an obscure family connection to the murders. Carolyn Baker unknowingly holds...
11) Iron Lake
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 16
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Cork O'Connor has lost both his wife and his job as sheriff and falls into a profound emotional isolation. As a wild blizzard buries his lakeside town, a despised though influential resident is found dead, and a young Ojibwe Indian boy seems to have left home in a hurry. Cork has never taken Indian legends to heart, but when an old sage warns him that a cruel spirit with a heart of ice is near, all that changes.
12) Don't look twice
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Ty Hauck novels volume 2
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Detective Ty Hauck investigates a drive-by shooting that leaves an innocent bystander dead in Greenwich, Connecticut, but information provided by Annie Fletcher, who witnessed something she should not have, reveals the corruption of Greenwich's wealthy, inner circle.
13) Head games
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Mike Garrity mysteries volume 1
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"[A] thriller that reads like a high-speed theme park ride . . . with dark humor so sharp it'll make you bleed." -Brian Freeman, New York Times–bestselling author
Former Orlando detective Michael Garrity doesn't have a good track record when it comes to women. With two ex-wives and a teenage daughter he rarely sees, the most significant relationship in his life right now is with the tumor in his head. Terminal cancer is no joke, but Mike...
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Ava Lee novels volume 2
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Fifty million dollars has disappeared into thin air from the accounts of one of the richest men in the Philippines, Tommy Ordonez. His one hope is forensic accountant and sleuth, Ava Lee. With the help of her Triad-connected partner, Uncle, Ava follows the money trail from San Francisco to Costa Rica to the casinos and illegal gambling dens of Las Vegas. Will Ava recover the stolen cash without stepping into the crosshairs of a growing list of enemies?...
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Sam Casey mysteries volume 2
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He's known by the code name, Sparrow. Authorities can only identify him by the tattoo on the back of his hand. Sparrow is a gun for hire and his next target is Reverend Everett Smith. His orders are to kill the Reverend on the River Queen Casino.
16) The devil's odds
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Texas Ranger Virgil Tucker is asked by Madeline Kimbell for his protection because she has witnessed a violent crime and the men responsible will take extreme measures to keep her quiet but when a prominent Texas attorney is murdered, Virgil is drawn into the world of the New Orleans Mafia.
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Tony Valentine mysteries volume 6
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Tony Valentine is an expert at spotting cheats. He's tossed them out of gambling casinos from Atlantic City to Monaco. But though Tony has never met a scam he couldn't crack, his son and partner, Gerry, has just walked into one with a body count. What started as a conman's deathbed confession turns into a deadly Las Vegas grudge match during the world's biggest poker tournament. While Gerry tangles with the Vegas mob, Tony enlists the aid of an aging...
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Inheritance games volume 4
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
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"Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger. When Grayson's half-sisters find themselves in trouble, he swoops in to do what he does best: take care of the problem--efficiently, effectively, mercilessly. And without getting bogged down in emotional entanglements. Jameson Hawthorne...
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