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As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, on a warm suburban night in the Kleins' affluent New Jersey neighborhood, a young woman--a girl Will had once loved--was found brutally murdered in her family's basement. The prime suspect: Ken Klein. With the evidence against him overwhelming, Ken simply vanished. And when his shattered family never heard from Ken again, they were sure he was gone for good.
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After a painful breakup and too few acting gigs in Manhattan, Piper Donavan returns home to Hillwood, N.J., where she's assisting her mother, Terri, at the family bakery, the Icing on the Cupcake. Piper is pleased to be preparing the cake for the upcoming wedding of her friend Glenna Brooks, the star of A Little Rain Must Fall ... but then a cyanide poisoning of one of Glenna's co-stars and her former lover, Travis York, threatens to derail the wedding....
3) Screwed
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When Irish bouncer Dan McEvoy's step-gran shows up on the hunt for his dishevelled aunt Evelyn, it quickly becomes clear that -- despite the New Jersey mob -- family can provide the deadliest threat of all. In a city of gun-happy criminals, bent cops and a tough-talking woman detective whose inspires terror and lust in equal measure, Dan may just have reached the point where sharp wit won't cut the mustard. But can he play the heavies at their own...
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
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Following a nasty divorce, attorney Emily Graham buys her ancestral home, a Victorian house, in Spring Lake, New Jersey. The house was sold by Emily's ancestors in 1892 after a young girl disappeared. During renovations, the skeleton of a woman who disappeared a few years go is found. In her hand is the finger bone of another woman wearing a ring. Emily is determined to find a connection between the two deaths, but she becomes a threat to a seductive...
5) Fade away
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For sports agent Myron Bolitar, the disappearance of a man he'd once competed against was bringing back memories--of the sport he and Greg Downing had both played and the woman they both loved. Now, among the stars, the wanna-bes, the gamblers and groupies, Myron is unraveling the strange, violent life of a sports hero gone wrong, and coming face-to-face with a past he can't relive, and a present he may not survive.
6) Play dead
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"Author David Rosenfelt's hero, Andy Carpenter, plunges into a high-profile murder case with a golden retriever as his key witness"--Provided by publisher.
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Andy Carpenter novels volume 1
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With the help of his lover, defense attorney Andy Carpenter discovers a startling link between his father's death, a death row inmate, and the three most powerful men in New Jersey, exposing a deadly political conspiracy.
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John Sutter volume 01
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Aristocratic Wall Street lawyer John Sutter and his beautiful wife Susan are drawn into the violent world of the Mafia when Frank Bellarosa, a well-known, though never convicted gangster, moves with his family into the Sutter's high-class Long Island neighborhood.
9) Sudden Death
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When the New York Giants' new star running back is accused of murdering a Jets rival, attorney Andy Carpenter works for the athlete's defense, a task that is complicated by the discovery of additional player killings.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
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Down on her luck, Stephanie Plum becomes an apprehension agent, and her first case is to capture an old flame wanted for murder.
Meet Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey. She's a product of the "burg," a blue-collar pocket of Trenton where houses are attached and narrow,...
11) The woods
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"Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again. For county prosecutor Paul Copeland, mourning the loss of his sister has only recently begun to subside. Balancing family life and a rapidly ascending career distracts him from his past traumas, but only...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
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Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is still learning the ropes at her cousin Vinnie's bail bond office, so when she sets out on the trail of Kenny Mancuso - a suspiciously wealthy working-class Trenton boy who has just shot his best friend - the stakes are higher than ever. That Mancuso is distantly related to vice cop Joe Morelli, who is trying to beat Stephanie to the punch, only makes the hunt more thrilling. Using pointers from her pal, Ranger, and...
13) New tricks
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Advocating on behalf of a puppy whose owner was murdered during a custody fight, Andy Carpenter realizes that the pup possesses a dangerous secret that several people are resorting to violence to obtain.
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Andy Carpenter novels volume 10
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Believing that a client whose case he lost nine years earlier is innocent, lawyer Andy Carpenter visits the man's aging uncle, who imparts knowledge about a dangerous, secret-ruled world where the key to Andy's client's freedom may be found.
15) Hard eight
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 11
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Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has a big problem: seven-year-old Annie Soder and her mother, Evelyn, have disappeared. Evelyn's estranged husband is not happy because he and Evelyn signed a child custody bond and Steven wants the money to search for Annie. The money was secured by a mortgage to Evelyn's grandmother's house, and the True Blue Bonds Agency wants to take possession of it. Complicating Stephanie's life further is the fact that Evelyn's...
16) Four to score
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 11
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"Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is on the trail of a waitress-gone-bad in the not so scenic neighborhoods of Trenton, New Jersey. She contends with her own sidekicks as well as a rival bounty hunter and also gets involved again with buff vice cop Joe Morelli."--from NoveList.
17) Dog tags
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A German shepherd police dog has witnessed a murder for which his Iraq war vet/former cop-turned-thief owner is accused. If his owner is convicted, the dog will be put down. Attorney Andy Carpenter doesn't feel this is fair and sets out to convince a judge. In the process, he discovers that the dog and his owner had become involved in something much bigger than murder.
18) First degree
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Andy Carpenter novels volume 2
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New Jersey lawyer Andy Carpenter, longing for a case he can sink his legal teeth into, gets more than he bargained for when a once dirty cop is found decapitated and Andy's lady love Laurie is suspected of the crime.
19) Sizzling sixteen
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
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Intrepid sleuth Stephanie Plum, her grandmother, and her other companions struggle to outmaneuver a killer who is targeting Vinnie, a case that is further complicated by Lula's involvement in a fraudulent investment scheme.
20) To the nines
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
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Take a trip down the Jersey Turnpike to the irresistible world of Stephanie Plum - where America's favourite bounty hunter gets into more trouble than ever. This time, Stephanie, Lula, and Grandma have a Vegas-sized problem on their hands. The pursuit of a skip brings Stephanie to Las Vegas, and three mob guys want to make sure it's a one-way ticket. Once there, Stephanie meets up with Sally Sweet as well as a whole cast of characters who could only...
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