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1) Bad monkey
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Andrew Yancy novels volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 17
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Andrew Yancy, late of the Miami Police, soon-to-be-late of the Key West Police, has a human arm in his freezer. There is a logical explanation for that, but not for how and why it parted from its owner. Yancy thinks the boating-accident/shark-luncheon explanation is full of holes, and if he can prove murder, his commander might relieve him of Health Inspector duties, aka Roach Patrol. But first Yancy will negotiate an ever-surprising course of events,...
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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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"Roadside crosses are appearing along the highways of the Monterey Peninsula, not as memorials to past accidents but as markers for fatalities yet to come ... and someone, armed with information gleaned from careless and all-too-personal blog postings, intends to carry out those killings. Kathryn Dance and her C.B.I. team know when the attacks will take place, but who will be the victims? Her body language expertise leads her to a recent fatal car...
4) The alienist
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The year is 1896. The city is New York. Newspaper reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler-a psychologist, or “alienist”-to view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy abandoned on the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge. From there the two embark on a revolutionary effort in criminology: creating a psychological profile of the perpetrator based on the details of his crimes. Their dangerous quest takes them...
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Mickey Haller novels volume 3
Harry Bosch mysteries volume 16
Lincoln lawyer novel volume 04
Lincoln lawyer novel volume 03
Harry Bosch mysteries volume 16
Lincoln lawyer novel volume 04
Lincoln lawyer novel volume 03
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After 24 years in prison, convicted killer Jason Jessup has been exonerated by new DNA evidence. Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is convinced Jessup is guilty, and he takes the case on the condition that he gets to choose his investigator, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch. Together, Bosch and Haller set off on a case fraught with political and personal danger. Opposing them is Jessup, now out on bail, a defense attorney who excels at manipulating...
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Luisa "Lu" Brant is the newly elected--and first female, state's attorney of Howard County, Maryland, a job in which her widower father famously served. Fiercely intelligent and ambitious, she sees an opportunity to make her name by trying a mentally disturbed drifter accused of beating a woman to death in her home. It's not the kind of case that makes headlines, but peaceful Howard county doesn't see many homicides. As Lu prepares for the trial,...
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Tim Madden awakens with a hangover and a red tattoo bearing a name from the past. What he soon learns is that the front passenger seat of his Porsche is soaked with blood and that in his marijuana stash in a nearby woods rests a blonde head, severed at the throat. He has no idea what happened and tries to reconstruct the missing hours of a terrible evening.
8) The ranger
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Now an Army Ranger, Quinn Colson returns to a place overrun by corruption, and finds his uncle, the county sheriff, dead, a suicide, he's told, but others whisper murder. In the days that follow, it will be up to Colson to discover the truth, not only about his uncle, but about his family, his friends, his town, and not least about himself. And once the truth is discovered, there is no turning back.
9) Alias Grace
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IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 28
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Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, the wealthy Thomas Kinnear, and of Nancy Montgomery, his housekeeper and mistress. Now serving a life sentence, she claims to have no memory of the murders. As Dr. Jordan tries to help her remember, he hears of the turbulent relationships in the Kinnear household and the alarming behavior of a fellow servant.
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IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 14
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"After famous actress Natalie Raines is found in her home, dying from a gunshot wound, police immediately suspect her theatrical agent and jealous soon-to-be-ex-husband, Gregg Aldrich. But no charges are brought against him until two years later, when a career criminal suddenly claims Aldrich had tried to hire him to kill her." - from back cover.
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Detective Ash Levine dives in headfirst to investigate a ex-cop's murder in a case that propels him into the shadow lands of Southern California, from the seamy escort services of Hollywood, to the high-end art dealers in the Hollywood Hills, to the gangs of South Central. He hopes to get a chance to also find out whose responsible for the death of Latisha Patton, his witness that was murdered.
12) Less than Frank
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Gracie Lee is in the business of recovering dead bodies. First it was her husband, and this time it's Frank, the no-good contractor renovating her apartment. Frank was less than frank with his customers--and someone has made sure he's less than alive. Now the local police are beginning to wonder how Gracie Lee keeps showing up in the middle of their homicide investigations. That handsome Detective Fernandez has come to question her way too often....
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
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Upon the five-hundredth anniversary of St. Tancred's death, the English hamlet of Bishop's Lacey is busily preparing to open its patron saint's tomb. Nobody is more excited to peek inside the crypt than Flavia, yet what she finds will halt the proceedings dead in their tracks: the body of Mr. Collicutt, the church organist. Who held a vendetta against Mr. Collictt, and why would they hide him in such a sacred resting place?
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
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Christmas Eve, and the Lee family's reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man.
15) A time to kill
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Jake Brigance novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 23
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Before The Firm and The Pelican Brief made him a superstar, John Grisham wrote this riveting story of retribution and justice. In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the savage depths of racial violence...as he delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in a small southern town...Clanton, Mississippi.The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts...
17) Stranded
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Tired travelers and truckers have stopped at rest areas for decades, but one man's rest stop is anothers hunting ground. For years the weary and the stranded have disappeared along highways. But these seemingly unconnected incidents are no coincidence, and a serial killer stalks the roads. When FBI special agent Maggie O'Dell and her partner, Tully, discover the remains of a young woman in a highway ditch, the one clue left behind is a map -- an invitation...
18) Sleepwalker
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While house-sitting for her Uncle Nicco, policewoman Micayla Lange catches Jason Davis in the act of stealing money from her uncle's locked safe, but when they both find incriminating photos that implicate Nicco in the murder of a city councilman, Micayla and Jason hurtle into a race for their lives.
19) Double deuce
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Spenser novels volume 19
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"The Double Deuce is a Boston housing project. Good people live in poverty there. So do the Hobarts, a gang that relieves boredom by shooting pedestrians. To protect the residents of the Double Deuce, urban gunslinger Hawk enlists the aid of private investigator Spenser. Together, they try to track down Major Johnson, the gang leader responsible for a particularly tragic drive-by shooting."--from NoveList.
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"Kit Kenyon is a first-rate hostage negotiator. Noah Lambert is a good detective with excellent instincts. These new partners have hardly had time to get used to each other when they are thrown into a grisly murder case. As evidence mounts and more victims are found, Kit and Noah realize they are on the hunt for a serial killer. The problem is, he may be hunting one of them too." -- Amazon.com.
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