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2) High crimes
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High-profile attorney and Harvard Law professor Claire Heller Chapman puts her career on the line to defend her husband after he is revealed to be a former secret operative for the U.S. government and is arrested for an unspeakable atrocity committed some thirteen years earlier.
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When the wind blows volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Frannie O'Neill, a young and talented veterinarian whose husband was recently murdered, comes across an amazing discovery near her animal hospital in the woods. Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, soon arrives on her doorstep with an agenda of his own. And then, there is eleven-year-old Max--Frannie's amazing discovery.
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Lexile measure
770L
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Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorpe, and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects abound in the quaint village of Styles St. Mary, just outside Essex. Among those basking in the shadow of doubt are the heiress's fawning new husband, her two aimless stepsons, her volatile housekeeper, and a pretty nurse who works in a hospital dispensary. And though the identity of the culprit will prove as shocking as the...
5) Stardust
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Spenser novels volume 17
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English
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Fifty Minutes is the title of a Hollywood based TV series being shot on location in Boston, but to Spenser it's "Trouble with a capital T". After signing on to protect its glamorous female star Jill Joyce, from an escalating chain of anonymous harassments to find himself saddled with a lot more than he bargained for.
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Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
720L
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English
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Nancy receives a letter meant for a British heiress who has the same name and, in her attempts to contact the other young woman, faces danger from a man who operates a Lonely Hearts Club mail fraud.
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 7
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890L
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English
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Dirk Pitt is up against a sinister Asian shipping family and a Soviet plot to use the president of the United States for their own purposes through mind control.
9) Stealth
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Stone Barrington novels volume 51
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"Stone Barrington is trying to enjoy some downtime at his English retreat when he's unceremoniously sent off to the remote reaches of the UK and into a deadly snare. As it turns out, this is only the first volley by a rival power, one that has its eyes set on disrupting the peace of the nation. With the help of two brilliant and stunning women, Stone must leverage a new position of power to capture a villain with a lethal agenda. But the closer he...
10) In too deep
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The 39 clues. Main series volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
550L
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English
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Amy and Dan continue their search for the clues and cross oceans amid ruthless enemies and dangerous truths while following the trail of a famous aviator.
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Arkady Renko novels volume 4
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he body, what was left of it, was drifting in Havana Bay the morning Arkady arrived from Moscow. He had received an urgent message from the Russian embassy in Havana saying that his friend Pribluda was missing and asking that he come. The Cubans insisted that the corpse was Pribluda, but Arkady wasn't so sure. Communism has shrunk to Cuba.
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An airliner is shot down by a missile off Long Island, the president blames Islamic fundamentalists and calls for a new system of missile defense. But CIA agent Michael Osbourne suspects a plot by the people most likely to benefit from such a system, the manufacturer.
13) The winner
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
800L
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English
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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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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
820L
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English
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Everyone is stymied when two of Pickax's most prominent citizens are found murdered in their home. But even more puzzling to Qwill is Koko's sudden and unaccountable attraction to rubber cement.
15) The murderers
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A Philadelphia narcotics cop is shot dead in his home. A bar owner's wife and partner are gunned down during an attempted robbery. And in a beautiful mansion, a young woman dies of a drug overdose. At first the crimes seem unconnected. But these four deaths are about to trigger a massive convergence of corrupti
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Stone Barrington novels volume 45
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English
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"Stone Barrington is enjoying a round of golf in Key West when the game is violently interrupted and it seems as if the target of the disturbance may have been one of his fellow players, the brilliant businesswoman behind a software startup on the cutting edge of technology. Soon it becomes clear that this incident is only the first thrust in a deadly scheme to push her out of the way and put her company's valuable secrets up for grabs. From the...
17) The shameless
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Quinn Colson novels volume 9
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English
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Buried secrets, dirty lies, and unbridled greed and ambition raise the stakes down South. Twenty years ago, Brandon Taylor was thought to be just another teen boy who ended his life too soon. That's what almost everyone in Tibbehah County, Mississippi, said after his body and hunting rifle were found in the Big Woods. Now two New York-based reporters show up asking Sheriff Quinn Colson questions about the Taylor case. What happened to the evidence?...
18) In the frame
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830L
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English
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The murder of his cousin's wife involves an English painter in the pursuit of an Australian art forging gang.
19) Turbulence
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Stone Barrington novels volume 46
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English
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"Stone Barrington and several friends are vacationing in Florida when an extreme weather event puts a damper on their trip. Even worse, the hurricane-force winds blow a powerful, noxious politician straight onto Stone's doorstep. Though they part ways before long, Stone soon learns that he hasn't seen the last of his new acquaintance. It turns out that this official has some shady associates who may have destructive plans afoot, and Stone needs an...
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Tracy Whitney novels volume 1
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English
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Lovely, idealistic Tracy Whitney is framed into a fifteen year sentence in an escape-proof penitentiary. With dazzling ingenuity she fights back to destroy the untouchable crime lords who put her there. With her intelligence and beauty as her only weapons, Tracy embarks on a series of extraordinary escapades that sweep her across the globe. In an explosive confrontation Tracy meets her equal in irresistible Jeff Stevens, whose past is as colorful...
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