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2) Pastime
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Spenser novels volume 18
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English
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Ten years ago, Paul Giacomin's corrupt father and loose mother used the boys as a pawn in their violent race: only Spenser could call them off and straighten out the misled teen -- almost getting killed in the process. Paul is now twenty-four and reconciled to his mother's wanton ways. But when Patty Giacomin vanishes, Paul begs Spenser to help him rescue her from the clutches of her boyfriend, a shady character he's sure coerced his mother into running....
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Everybody loves a winner, and the Rabbs are major league: Marty is the Red Sox star pitcher, Linda the loving wife. She loves everyone, except the blackmailer out to wreck her life. And is Marty throwing fast balls, or throwing games? It doesn't take long for Spenser to link Marty's performance with Linda's past--or to find himself trapped between a crazed racketeer and an enforcer toting an M-16. America's favorite pastime has suddenly become a very...
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They say blood is thicker than water. Private eye V. I. Warshawski has her doubts, especially when it comes to the bad blood between her and her great-aunt Rosa. But when the old lady reaches out, V. I. answers the call. The good friars at St. Albertus Magnus Priory, Rosa's long-time employers, have cashed in on valuable securities from their safe...only to discover they were counterfeits. Suspended under a cloud of suspicion, Rosa wants V. I. to...
6) Blood rites
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Series
Dresden files volume 6
Language
English
Description
While going undercover on the set of an adult film to investigate the mysterious deaths of several actresses, Chicago wizard Harry Desden unexpectedly learns the shocking truth about his vampire friend Thomas.
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Swift River Valley novels volume 6
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English
Description
Kylie Shaw has found a quiet place to work as an illustrator of children's books in little Knights Bridge, Massachusetts. She carefully guards her privacy in the refurbished nineteenth-century hat factory where she has a loft. And then California private investigator Russ Colton moves in, to keep his client and friend, eccentric Hollywood costume designer Daphne Stewart, out of trouble. Kylie's opposition to converting part of the old hat factory...
9) Storm front
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
As a professional wizard, Harry Dresden knows firsthand that the “everyday” world is actually full of strange and magical things-and most of them don't play well with humans. And those that do enjoy playing with humans far too much. He also knows he's the best at what he does. Technically, he's the only at what he does. But even though Harry is the only game in town, business-to put it mildly, stinks. So when the Chicago P.D. bring him in to...
10) School days
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 7
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English
Description
Lily Ellsworth the grand dame of Dowling, Massachusetts hires Spenser to investigate her grandson Jared Clark's alleged involvement in a school shooting. Though seven people were killed in cold blood, and despite Jared's being named as a co-conspirator by the other shooter, Mrs. Ellsworth is convinced of her grandson's innocence.
11) Wildfire
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Series
Hidden Legacy novels volume 3
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English
Description
Nevada Baylor cant decide which is more frustrating: harnessing her truthseeker abilities or dealing with Connor "Mad" Rogan and their evolving relationship. Yes, the billionaire Prime is helping her navigate the complex magical world in which shes become a crucial player and sometimes a pawn, but she also has to deal with his ex-fiancée, whose husband has disappeared, and whose damsel-in-distress act is wearing very, very thin. Rogan faces his own...
12) Full house
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As polo instructor Nick Kaharchek and mother-of-two Billie Pearce enjoy a budding romance, a killer closes in on them.
13) Free fall
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"Elvis Cole is just a detective who can't say no, especially to a girl in a terrible fix. And Jennifer Sheridan qualifies: Her fiancé, Mark Thurman, is a decorated LA cop with an elite plainclothes unit, but Jennifer's sure he's in trouble--the kind of serious trouble that only Elvis Cole can help him out of. Five minutes after his new client leaves his office, Elvis and his partner, the enigmatic Joe Pike, are hip-deep in a deadly situation as they...
14) To the nines
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
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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In South Carolina, a young black man faces the death penalty for the rape and murder of Marianne Larousse, daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the state. It's a case that nobody wants to touch, a case with its roots in old evil, and old evil is private detective Charlier Parker's speciality. But Parker is about to enter a living nightmare, a red dreamscape haunted by the murderous spectre of a hooded woman, by a black car waiting for a passenger...
16) Glazed murder
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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
Description
"Meet Suzanne Hart, owner and operator of Donut Hearts coffee shop in April Springs, North Carolina. After her divorce from Max, an out-of-work actor she's dubbed 'The Great Impersonator,' Suzanne decided to pursue her one true passion in life: donuts. So she cashed in her settlement and opened up shop in the heart of her beloved hometown. But when a dead body is dumped on her doorstep like a sack of flour, Suzanne's cozy little shop becomes an all-out...
17) Eleven on top
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
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English
Description
Stephanie Plum is thinking her career as a fugitive apprehension agent has run its course. She's been shot at, spat at, cussed at, fire bombed, mooned, and attacked by dogs. Time for a change, Stephanie thinks. Time to find the kind of job her mother can tell her friends about without making the sign of the cross. So Stephanie Plum quits. Resigns. No looking back. No changing her mind. She wants something safe and normal. As it turns out, jobs that...
18) Private: gold
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Hired to protect a visiting American woman, Private Johannesburg's Joey Montague is hoping for a routine job looking after a nervous tourist. After the apparent suicide of his business partner, he can't handle much more. But this case is not what it seems--and neither is his partner's death.
19) Fatally frosted
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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
Description
A local busy body drops dead after eating one of Suzanne Hart's treats. A forensic team soon swarms through the Donut Hearts kitchen, and suspects the worst of Suzanne. But with the help of police inspector Bishop and her ex-husband Max, Suzanne hopes to clear her name.
20) Tart of darkness
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After unexpectedly inheriting a huge old house in a small college town, Dani, to fund her new personal chef business, takes in boarders. But when one of them is murdered and she becomes the prime suspect, she must serve up the real killer to clear her name and save her business.
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