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"Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an international threat to his sleepy Scottish village of Lochudch in the latest mystery in M.C. Beaton's beloved, New York Times bestselling series. Sergeant Hamish Macbeth has some major problems to deal with--crimes and criminals, even law enforcement agents, that he doesn't want anywhere near his beloved Highland village in Lochdubh. Hamish is worried...
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Katharine Wright mystery volume 01
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December 1903: While Wilbur and Orville Wright's flying machine is quite literally taking off in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina with its historic fifty-seven second flight, their sister Katharine is back home in Dayton, Ohio, running the bicycle shop, teaching Latin, and looking after the family. A Latin teacher and suffragette, Katharine is fiercely independent, intellectual, and the only Wright sibling to finish college. But at twenty-nine, she's frustrated...
4) West 47th
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Mitch Laughton, a Madison Avenue jeweler turned insurance investigator, agrees to try and recover the loot stolen in the robbery and murder of a rich Iranian, but must go through mobsters, a disillusioned cop, a crazy fence, and an assortment of informants--plus face attempts on his life and that of his wife--before he gets the goods.
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Paperback sleuth mysteries volume 1
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"Cordelia knows books. An addict-turned-dealer of classic paperbacks...[t]he most elusive prize of all, her white whale, has surfaced--a set of magnificent, vintage Sleuth Hound crime novels. Gorgeous, and as rare as they come. Just one problem. They're not for sale. Still, that won't stop a resourceful woman like Cordelia...One burglary later, the books are hers. Unfortunately, the man she's just robbed turns out be one of London's most dangerous...
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An account of one of the twentieth century's greatest art heists that occurred in the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, when thieves posing as police officers entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and left with a dozen masterpieces, including three Rembrandts and a Vermeer, valued at five hundred million dollars.
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A phone call brought Wilson and nine other men to a job in New York. At first, he couldn't see a way to make the heist work, but the score -- millions of dollars in diamonds -- kept him looking. Wilson came up with a plan he knew would work...until the inside man got killed and took the job with him. With no way inside, the crew walks away without the diamonds. Alone, Wilson is free to execute the job his way. Wilson sets a con in motion that should...
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The easiest way to murder someone is to make sure they don't exist…Someone has erased profiler Gabe Buchanan's identity…and now they're trying to kill him. And although Chief Warrant Officer Hannah Austin betrayed him in the past when she was undercover investigating his friend, now she's his only hope to stay alive and restore his name. With the clock ticking down, can they track down the killer who wants to silence him permanently?
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"Caught accidentally eavesdropping on plans for a major cargo theft, Lily Doyle's chased by men who want her dead. And she narrowly escapes when Deputy Sheriff Nate Bedford-her former high school classmate-comes to her rescue. The criminals won't stop until they finish their mission, though, so going into hiding with the handsome lawman is her only shot at survival. With a troubled past hanging over his head, Nate has something to prove-to himself...
10) Lost legacy
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"Brooke Ramsey is running out of time. She needs to save her father's reputation before she loses him to illness. That means finding the painting that went missing while in his care. Fast. Which is why she teams up with Victor Gage, owner of Treasure Seekers agency. The charming private detective has more at stake than uncovering a lost masterpiece. He's investigating his wife's death, and the artwork holds the answer. As Victor and Brooke draw closer...
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IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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"Everyone on the Bader Ginsburg Middle School Badgers is looking forward to the playoffs and a chance to win back the Supreme Bowl trophy from the Wellstone Middle School Warriors--but somebody has stolen the trophy, and evidence points to one of the Badgers, so teammates Kenny Hu and Romeo Russell set out to clear their friend and discover the truth"--Title verso page.
13) Cattery Row
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Theda Krakow mysteries volume 2
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Spiky freelancer Theda Krakow has fallen on a bare patch. Changes at the newspaper have cut her regular assignments and magazine work is slim. When a call comes in asking her to profile Cool, a gifted musician who's being oddly reclusive, it's welcome relief from both Theda's man and money troubles.
But even with work at hand, there are problems: Someone is stealing show cats. And both the feline-friendly Theda and her friend Violet, who runs the...
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Mina Mistry investigates volume 03
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Summer is here, school is out and there's...nothing to do?! Since grown-ups invaded the skating rink, there's nowhere for Mina's friends to hang out. Luckily, a high-stakes competition is about to mark the opening of a new skate park. As everyone gets weirdly intense about it, Mina faces a string of mysteries. Who stole her cousins' new bikes? What does Gareth Trumpshaw want? And who keeps levitating past her window?
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It is time for the greatest of pirate competitions, to see which pirate band is the best; but when the prize trophy is stolen, the other bands are quick to blame the Monkey Pirates--and only Mr. Pickles, the youngest monkey, can save them from walking the plank.
16) Love redesigned
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A Some Kind of Love novel volume 1
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"A Wedding dress heist with my ex? Why not? Going home to my twin brother's house in Charleston with my tail between my legs is the last thing I want to do. But when I walk out on my fashion-house dream job, I don't exactly have a choice. Living in New York City is anything but free. But going back to Charleston . . . Alex is in Charleston. And facing down my ex? My ex who just happens to be stepson to my former boss? Even my love for Southern humidity...
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Forever desert volume 02
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"Seventeen-year-old Osi is a Junior Peacekeeper in the city, and when the mysterious leader of the Cult, known only as the Aleke, commits a massacre in the capitol and steals the sacred God's Eyes, Osi steps forward to valiantly defend his home"--
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Pinchers volume 1
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The first in a funny chapter book crime series about a well-behaved child who doesn't fit into his family of criminals featuring a prison break, a diamond heist and a lie that saves the day.
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As a string of high profile jewel thefts went unsolved during the Swinging Sixties, the press dubbed the elusive thief "the King of Diamonds" because he eluded police and the FBI for more than a decade. The King was so bold that he tip-toed into the homes of millionaires while they were watching television, or hosting parties. He hid in their closets. And dared to smoke a cigarette while they were sleeping not far away. Rena Pederson, then a young...
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Los Angeles attorney and part-time pet sitter Kendra Ballantyne, who is determined to stay out of the arms of investigator Jeff Hubbard, makes an early stop at the home of a wealthy film producer to check on his beloved pup and iguana--only to find them missing and a ransom note for the iguana.
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