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A prosecutor is accused of murder in this legal thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Suspicion series (The New York Times Book Review).
Not long ago, Dan Galindo was a rising federal prosecutor in Miami with everything he could have wanted. Then he made the mistake of having a conscience. He refused to put a lying witness on the stand, which led to a drug kingpin walking free—and...
Not long ago, Dan Galindo was a rising federal prosecutor in Miami with everything he could have wanted. Then he made the mistake of having a conscience. He refused to put a lying witness on the stand, which led to a drug kingpin walking free—and...
3) Hokus pokus
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After the members of the Sisterhood are exiled to a remote mountaintop, they get a panicked call from the Supreme Court Chief Justice Pearl Barnes requesting their help, so they must figure out how to sneak back into the United States.
4) Cane and Abe
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Wrongfully implicated in the disappearance of his second wife, Miami prosecutor Abe Beckham is forced to consider his missing wife's accusations about his enduring love for his dead first wife.
6) Bird box
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IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
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In a world where no one can go outside for fear of something terrifying that when seen drives people to deadly violence, single mother Malorie and her two children must attempt a terrifying twenty-mile trip downriver while blindfolded.
In Bird Box, author Josh Malerman captures an apocalyptic near-future world, where a mother and her two small children must make their way down a river, blindfolded. One wrong choice and they will die. And something...
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Claire Griffith has a thriving career, a gorgeous boyfriend, glamorous friends. Arriving in Los Angeles flat broke, she has risen to become a popular fitness coach and social media influencer. Rebranding herself as Cleo Ray, she stands at the threshold of realizing her biggest dreams. One summer day Cleo and a woman named Beck Alden set off in a canoe on a serene mountain lake. An hour later, Beck is found dead in the water and Cleo is missing. Who...
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Amanda Jaffe novels volume 5
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Dale Masterson, senior partner in a large Portland, Oregon, law firm, has become wealthy and successful representing the interests of oil and coal companies. When his colleague, Christine Larson, is found dead, Masterson's business practices are put under surveillance and a lower-level employee stands accused. The controversy surrounding the firm is magnified tenfold when Dale is found beaten to death in his mansion. But this time Dale's son, Brandon,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 15
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Celia stands accused of poisoning her husband, Detective Stan Shepherd. The fact her first husband died under similar circumstances only heightens the suspicion. But attorney Jill Clark thinks the pieces of the puzzle fit together a bit too neatly. Either her client's Christian faith is a sham, or she's the victim of a deadly frame-up.
10) Need to know
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Sisterhood series volume 28
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"Dragged into a lawsuit by a once-trusted attorney who exploited her trust to amass a secret fortune for himself, famed singer Garland Lee is supported by her Sisterhood friends in defending herself from corrupt judges and seeking their special brand of justice." --
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The author of the Pulitzer Prize–finalist The Feud blurs reality in this breakneck thriller following one man's encounter with pure evil in high tops. John Felton is a creature of habit. His job in real estate comes with no surprises; it's respectable work he can be proud of. Routine has been kind to him, but when a normal Monday of looking after the kids gets interrupted by a ringing of his doorbell, John may have to kiss his uneventful life goodbye......
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"High-powered attorney Olivia Murray faces the biggest test of her career when she is assigned to represent Astral Tech, a New Age tech company, in a lawsuit filed by its biggest competitor. While Olivia is accustomed to hard fights in the courtroom, she arrives in Windy Ridge and discovers there is much more to this case than the legal claims--forces of darkness are at work. Windy Ridge quickly turns from quiet Chicago suburb to spiritual battleground,...
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Dalton, North Dakota. It's September 1951: years since George and Margaret Blackledge lost their son James when he was thrown from a horse; months since his widow Lorna took off with their only grandson and married Donnie Weboy. Margaret is steadfast, resolved to find and retrieve her grandson Jimmy -- the one person in this world keeping James's memory alive-- while George, a retired sheriff, is none too eager to stir up trouble. Unable to sway his...
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The Toilers of the Sea tells of the reclusive Guernsey fisherman Gilliatt, who salvages the engines of a wrecked ship by performing great feats of engineering, matching wits with sea and storm, and doing battle with a great sea monster - all to win the hand of a shipowner's daughter.
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This rape case is an exception: The victim is more than willing to testify. And there's abundant evidence to put the suspect behind bars. Just one thing bothers Detective Larry Millsaps. Young and beautiful Melissa Nelson seems to know almost too much about the evidence needed to convict her attacker. The unfolding investigation unearths a brutal track record on the part of the suspect ... and a stunning revelation of Melissa's own haunting past that...
16) Macbeth
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 4
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This complete, line-by-line Macbeth translation makes the language of Shakespeare's play more modern while preserving the metrical rhythm, complexity, and poetic qualities of the original. The aim is to capture the sound and sense of Shakespeare's tragedy without the need for glosses or notes--to use contemporary language without simplifying or modernizing the play in any other way.
17) The accused
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Chambers of justice volume 3
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Attorney Will Chambers' newfound faith in God is tested when he is called from his honeymoon to defend Caleb Marlowe who is facing court martial for allegedly killing a civilian family in the course of a daring rescue operation, and learns that the case has links to the unsolved murder of his first wife.
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(Windy Ridge Legal Thriller) volume Vol. 2
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Attorney Oivia Murray hopes her life will get back to normal after a hard fought trial. But she soon finds out that the forces of evil, the New Age groups, have not given up their pursuit to win the hearts and minds of those in Windy Ridge. A high profile prosecutor files criminal charges of embezzling against the local pastor, but Olivia is not willing to give up on the community she's come to love and takes on the defense pro bono.--Back cover.
19) Relative justice
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"A powerful legal drama novel that explores what happens when in-laws with vastly divergent backgrounds end up practicing law together and find themselves in the midst of a complicated lawsuit against a huge drug manufacturer" --
David Cobb is not a typical lawyer - he's more interested in dispending God's wisdom than pertinent legal advice. High-stakes litigation is way outside his comfort zone. For many years Zeke Caldwell has been concoting home...
20) Gone again
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Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck takes on his first death-row client since The Pardon in a case as twisty as it is shocking. Sashi Burgette vanished three years ago on her way to school. The night after the teenager's disappearance, ex-con Dylan Kyle was stopped for drunk driving. An article of Sashi's clothing was found in his truck, and a police videotape of his drunken explanation under interrogation sealed his fate at trial. Now, just...
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