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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
930L
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English
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Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gun-wielding terrorists breaks in through the air-conditioning vents and takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked,...
2) Power play
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Cut off from the outside world at a remote resort for a corporate retreat, Jake Landry, a junior executive at the Hammond Aerospace Corporation who is filling in for his boss during the annual off-site conference, is forced to draw on the skills of his secret past when the executives are taken hostage by a ruthless group of men out to take the corporation for all it is worth.
3) No mercy
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Jonathan Grave thrillers volume 1
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English
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When the rescue mission of an abducted college student goes horribly wrong, resulting in a deadly shooting spree, Jonathan Grave, a freelance specialist in covert rescues, goes up against a faceless enemy who will stop at nothing--not even killing the people Jonathan loves most--to hide the truth.
4) Die trying
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In a plot to overthrow the U.S. government, Montana neo-Nazis abduct the daughter of the nation's top general and her male companion. The companion is Jack Reacher, a former military policeman and he turns the tables on the captors.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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In the midst of a sudden spring snowstorm, an unknown man armed with a gun walks into an elementary school classroom. Outside the school, the town of Broken Branch watches and waits. Officer Meg Barrett holds the responsibility for the town's children in her hands. Will Thwaite, reluctantly entrusted with the care of his two grandchildren by the daughter who left home years earlier, stands by helplessly and wonders if he has failed his child again....
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As a woman cleans a funeral home, a corpse leaps off the embalming table. So begins a horror romance featuring Summer McAfee, who runs her own janitorial business. The corpse turns out to be Steve Calhoun, a detective on the run from crooked cops and drug dealers, so badly beaten he resembles a monster. Scalpel in hand, he threatens to cut Summer's throat, ties her with her bra and abducts her. It's the start of a wild adventure in the course of which...
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI Does It Again! NEW Hunt for Jack Reacher book!
"Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character - I love her." Lee Child, #1 World Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher Thrillers
When Jack Reacher makes mistakes, who handles the fall-out?
FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar's off-the-books assignment
...8) Hostage zero
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Jonathan Grave thrillers volume 2
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English
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When an innocent man is murdered and two young people go missing, hostage rescue expert Jonathan Grave is called in and he and his team are plunged into a dangerous conspiracy involving the highest levels of the government.
9) The hostage
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October 8, 1871 -- One small spark ignites the entire city of Chicago, sending its residents into panic. Unaware of the fire sweeping toward her, Deborah Sinclair confronts her wealthy, powerful father, determined to refuse the society marriage he has arranged for her. --- [Excerpt from inside cover.]
10) Deadlock
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'Emily Hudson is an archeologist who, along with best friend and partner Joel Levy, travels the world in search of priceless artifacts. When her entire crew is massacred, Joel and Emily are held captive, victims of one of the most ruthless and evil human beings on earth. For two weeks they try to survive, until Emily is the unwitting instrument in Joel's demise. John Garrett has worked for the Cia, MI6 and whoever else needed his services. Now, the...
11) Home free
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"United by a desire to overcome their personal misfortunes, seven very different women formed an indelible bond and vowed to right wrongs wherever they found them. They've succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. After years known as the Vigilantes, Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle are enjoying their hard-won freedom and the chance at a normal life.As it turns out, once you're a part of the Sisterhood, normal is a relative term....
12) Lethal
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Lee Coburn volume 01
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English
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When her four year old daughter informs her a sick man is in their yard, Honor Gillette rushes out to help him. But that "sick" man turns out to be Lee Coburn, the man accused of murdering seven people the night before. Dangerous, desperate, and armed, he promises Honor that she and her daughter won't be hurt as long as she does everything he asks. She has no choice but to accept him at his word. But Honor soon discovers that even those close to...
13) Black ice
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
HL 720L
Language
English
Description
Britt goes hiking in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming with her ex-boyfriend Calvin, but trouble arises when she is caught in a blizzard, taken hostage by fugitives, finds evidence of murders, and learns whom to trust and whom to love.
14) Word of honor
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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What will it cost to keep a promise? Of the four people at the Newpointe post office when the bomb went off, three were killed instantly. The fourth, a five-year-old boy, lies comatose in the hospital and might not survive. Who would do such a thing? The answer comes in the form of a gunman crashing through the door of the hotel room where Jill Clark is staying. With a rifle barrel pointed at her temple, the young attorney suddenly finds herself the...
15) Constant fear
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A doomsday prepper and private school custodian must rescue his genius hacker son, who is caught by a brutal drug cartel for electronically siphoning off their funds.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Detective Michael Bennett is called in when the son of one of New York's richest families is kidnapped and held hostage, and when another student disappears, Bennett must rely on FBI agent Emily Parker before the mastermind can fulfill his plot to bring destruction to the city.
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Jonathan Grave thrillers volume 4
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English
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When a bus full of teenagers is taken hostage, rescue specialist Jonathan Grave discovers that someone within the U.S. government is willing to sacrifice innocent lives in order to protect a deadly secret.
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St. Kilda Consulting volume 1
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English
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When federal judge Catherine Silva's son is kidnapped by a violent killer, she turns to ruthless Joe Faroe, an ex-kidnapping specialist and a man from her past, to help save her son from an underground world Joe is trying to leave behind.
19) The last Noel
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Last Noel: When two escaped killers take refuge in their home during a storm on Christmas Eve, Skyler O'Boyle plays a daring psychological game to throw the criminals off guard, while her daughter, Kat, escapes and meets a third felon, who is hiding a secret that could save them all.
Secret surrogate: The last thing this Texas sheriff wanted was to heed a frantic late-night call from Kylie Monroe-the woman who'd destroyed his life. Old wounds were...
20) The safest lies
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Winchester, Tennessee thrillers volume 4
Winchester Tennessee
Harlequin intrigue volume 1877
Winchester Tennessee thrillers volume 4
Winchester Tennessee
Harlequin intrigue volume 1877
Winchester Tennessee thrillers volume 4
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English
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The only way for Special Agent Sadie Buchanan to retrieve a hostage from a criminal camp embedded deep in the Tennessee wilderness is to team up with a stranger she can't figure out. He's attractive and smart, yes. Trustworthy, maybe. But when hardheaded Sadie and operative Flynn move to outsmart the enemy, extreme danger lies ahead...
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