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Since they've never seen humans before, Xerak, Vereez, and Grunwold think their mentors might be monsters when Meg, Peg, and Teg shimmer into being within the circle of Hettua Shrine. Despite doubts on all sides, the three young inquisitors join forces with their unlikely mentors and begin a search for the Library of the Sapphire Wind, destroyed years before. If they find it, will they also find answers, or is this only the first stage in their...
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When Eleni Townsend's daughter is poisoned, the investigative reporter turns to the FBI special homicide agent Chris Springfield for answers. But after another attack, it becomes clear that someone wants Eleni dead. The key to solving the case lies in Eleni's past...and unraveling the mystery from her childhood is the only way to survive the diabolical plan against her.
3) Silver cross
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Nick Journey novels volume 2
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History professor Nick Journey and federal agent Meg Tolman investigate a friend's murder only to uncover a conspiracy with ties to France's support for the Confederacy during the American Civil War, a finding that a dangerous covert group is desperate to keep hidden.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
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On the surface, sixteen-year-old Lian is a serious student and dutiful daughter, destined for a fine career as a concert violinist. But Lian has a secret identity. She is part of 03/04-a band of cyber-investigators who work to expose injustice and corruption.
5) Living proof
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Performing illegal research in a near-future world where embryonic stem cell work is considered first-degree murder, brilliant doctor Arianna Drake draws the attention of an agent from the Department of Embryo Preservation.
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"Peter Driscoll, an underground investigator to the wealthy, has never met anyone like Lily Temple. The beautiful silent-film actress spins fairy tales and plays frivolous roles in front of the cine-camera, but beneath the costumes and stage makeup is a woman with a quick wit--and a murky past. Peter has been tasked with locating the legendary Briarwood Teardrop, an exquisite sapphire, which Lily wears beneath her gown. In order to stay close to her...
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When Erin and Will walk into Maggie's office for a marriage counseling session, Maggie believes they are an ordinary couple with ordinary communication, intimacy, the usual. When Erin mentions something connected to Maggie's past that she couldn't possibly know, Maggie is disturbed: Why does Erin know anything about Maggie's long-missing sister? She wants to uncover the truth, but Maggie knows her code of ethics as a therapist should immediately stop...
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"It's September 1944, and the US is poised to launch Operation Frantic, a shuttle bombing mission to be conducted by American aircraft based in Great Britain, southern Italy, and three Soviet airfields in the Ukraine. Tensions are already high between the American and Russian allies when two intelligence agents-one Soviet, one American-are found dead at Poltava, one of the Ukrainian bases. Billy is brought in to investigate, and this time he's paired,...
9) Oregon hill
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Willie Black mysteries volume 1
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Willie Black is a reporter in Richmond, Va. Pugnacious and defiant, Black was once a star covering politics, and then he was captured by the bottle, messed up one too many times and found himself demoted to the nighttime police beat. He has three ex-wives, a daughter who tolerates him and bean-counter bosses cutting costs by laying off reporters. Then Willie happens to catch a late-night report about a body in a river, which is determined to be
...10) Landon
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After returning home to investigate a brutal murder, Detective Landon Ryland is shocked to learn the body was discovered in the home of Tessa Sinclair, a woman he once knew intimately. Seeing Tessa again is like a jolt to his heart. Too bad the beautiful brunette has no idea who she is--or why she's cradling a newborn. With evidence pointing toward Tessa and the baby being next on the killer's hit list, Landon refuses to leave their safety in anyone...
12) Promised land
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Chosen people novels volume 2
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"With historical mysteries, religious intrigue, and political danger, Promised Land asks one momentous question: what if your calling puts you-and your family-in the crosshairs? Despite their Israeli citizenship, Hana and Daud cannot safely return to their homeland because a dangerous terrorist ring is threatening Daud. Hana is perfectly fine remaining in the United States, working for a law firm in Atlanta, especially when she learns she's pregnant....
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FBI Agent Anna Turnipseed, a Modoc Indian from California, and Bureau of Indian Affairs Investigator Emmett Parker, a Comanche from Oklahoma, are a team, sent by the Feds wherever there are problems in tribal territory. This assignment takes them to upstate New York where an elder of the Oneida tribe was found dead, every major bone in her body shattered. Their investigation puts them in the middle of a race war, and soon their lives depend on their...
14) Black
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Jordan Mitchell, CEO of an international telecommunications company, becomes the focus of intense investigation when his plans to market a super cell phone in the Middle East that cannot be intercepted draws the attention of rookie FBI agent Jeremy Waller, Senator Elizabeth Beechum, and spy Sirad Malneaux.
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"For readers of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, a taut, fast-moving contemporary thriller that builds to an explosive, action-filled conclusion. The third book in the acclaimed western thriller series that debuted with Under Tower Peak--named one of the Ten Best Mysteries of the Year by the Wall Street Journal--See That My Grave Is Kept Clean once again features Iraqi war sniper and Eastern Sierra packer Tommy Smith. Now returned from another tour in...
16) Against the tide
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Returning home for her father's funeral, big-city reporter Megan McAllister is brutally attacked--confirming her suspicions that her father's mysterious death was no accident. But only her childhood friend, Garret Larsson, believes her theory. The teenager she once knew has grown into a brave, honorable man ... but can he keep her alive long enough to find the truth? Garret needs Megan to leave town, but he wants her to stay. He knows about the secrets...
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Sergeant Decker is called to investigate a rape charge in an isolated Orthodox Jewish Community. Rina Lazarus, a young widow who found the victim, guides Decker through her suspicious community as all the signs point to the rapist's first crime not being their last.
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"Melanie Travis is gifted at raising prize-winning Standard Poodles, not standing in as the Easter Bunny. But when March in Connecticut brings daffodils and dead bodies, she'll need to hop into action - and fast . . . Aunt Rose already has a strike against her for not being too fond of dogs - or Aunt Peg. But Melanie still agrees to organize Easter festivities at Gallagher House, the new women's shelter opened by the stern former nun, even if it takes...
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