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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
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"When Kinsey Millhone first arrives in Floral Beach, California, it's hard for her to picture the idyllic coastal town as the setting of a brutal murder. Seventeen years ago, the body of Jean Timberlake a troubled teen who had a reputation with the boys was found on the beach. Her boyfriend Bailey Fowler was convicted of her murder and imprisoned, but he escaped..."
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Private investigator Kinsey Millhone puts herself in the gravest danger of her career when she is hired by the widow of Nota Lake detective Tom Newquist to discover what it was that had been bothering Tom in the last six weeks of his life before he died of a heart attack.
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Kinsey Millhone mysteries volume 9
Alphabet murders volume 09
A Kinsey Millhone mystery volume 09
Thorndike Press large print famous authors
Alphabet murders volume 09
A Kinsey Millhone mystery volume 09
Thorndike Press large print famous authors
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When Morley Shine, a fellow PI, dies from a heart attack, Kinsey Millhone takes over the seemingly simple task of gathering evidence for Lonnie Kingman, a local attorney immersed in a civil suit. Stakes are high. David Birney, acquitted of his wealthy wife's murder five years ago, got his hands on her fortune. Now Kingman wants to divest Birney of the money in favor of the wife's child by an earlier marriage. But the statute of limitations has about...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Wendell Jaffe looks great for a dead man! Hes been six feet under for five years until his former insurance agent spots him at a dusty resort bar in Mexico. Now California Fidelity wants its insurance money back. Can P.I. Kinsey Millhone get on the case? Just two months earlier, Jaffes widow pocketed $500,000 in insurance benefits after Jaffe went overboard. Was his S2pseudocideS3 a last-ditch effort to do right by beloved wife? Perhaps. But how...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
930L
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English
Description
It started with the murder of Kinsey Millhone's sometime drinking buddy, an insurance claims adjuster. But before long Kinsey stumbles onto a massive insurance scam. Going undercover as a wisecracking vamp, Millhone descends into the Los Angeles nether world of machismo and gang hideouts. Her companion, terrified at having crossed the violent crook Raymond Maldonado, is Bibianna Diaz - no Girl Scout herself.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
890L
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English
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Laurence Fife was a slick divorce lawyer and slippery ladies' man. Until someone killed him. The jury believed it was his pretty young wife, Nikki, so they sent her to prison for eight years. Now Nikki's out on parole and Kinsey Millhone's in for trouble. Nikki hires Kinsey to discover who really killed her husband.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Let's talk about Kinsey's past. We know of the aunt who raised her, the second husband who left her, and her long-lost family up the California coast. But what about Kinsey's husband number one? He was always a blip on the radar--until now. Kinsey receives a call from a random guy who scavenges defaulted storage units at auction. Last week, he bought a stack of boxes--and Kinsey's name turned up inthem. For thirty bucks, Kinsey buys the lot and finds,...
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Benni Harper mysteries volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
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English
Description
After a whirlwind marriage to the San Celina Police Chief Gabe Ortiz, Benni is excited to visit his hometown in Kansas. At a rowdy backyard barbecue, she meets Tyler Brown, an aspiring country music singer with a promising future and a mysterious past. Everyone is shocked when Tyler's life is cut short by murder. And while Gabe is out of his jurisdiction, Benni is free to step in to do some sleuthing of her own.
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Sharon McCone mysteries volume 31
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English
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"Finally settled into their new home after losing their house in a fire, and fully established in their new shared offices, private investigator Sharon McCone and her business partner husband Hy are starting to feel comfortable. That calm is shattered when Hy's former colleague Gage Renshaw--a shady troublemaker who they had presumed dead reappears, and it's unclear what he wants from his prosperous former associate. Meanwhile, Sharon has a new client...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
It was the silly season and a Monday at that, and Kinsey Millhone was bogged down in a preliminary report on a fire claim. Something was nagging at her, but she couldn't pin it. The last thing she needed in the morning mail was a letter from her bank recording an erroneous $5,000 deposit in her account. Kinsey had never believed in Santa Claus and she wasn't about to change her mind now. Resigning herself to a morning of frustration, she phoned the...
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With the Moonstone Beach Festival coming up, Jill is touching base with her fellow small business owners to make it as successful as possible. It's frustrating when Darla, the owner of South Cove Winery, is late to a big meeting, but they manage to get the discussion rolling about the kite flying event and the big Battle of the Bands--which Darla's musician boyfriend is hoping will be his big break. And Jill, of course, will be there with her food...
14) Goodnight, Irene
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English
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Irene Kelly, reporter and amateur sleuth, tracks a murderer obsessed with keeping the past from interfering with the future.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Malek Construction is a mega-million-dollar company that grew out of modest soil to become one of the big three in California construction and one of the few still in family hands. Today, the three Malek sons stand to inherit a fortune, but in order for any one of them to claim his share, the missing fourth brother must be found..."
16) Fool's puzzle
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Benni Harper mysteries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Benni Harper, ex-cowgirl, quilter and folk-art expert, stumbles upon a body while setting up a homemade quilt exhibit. As she tries to solve the murder, she makes shocking discoveries about her family.
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Pub. Date
2021
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English
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"As the owner of Coffee, Books, and More, Jill Gardner likes to support other Main Street businesses, so she attends a paint-and-sip event where, sadly, her brushstrokes look more like blobs. It's still fun, though--aside from some disruption by a couple doing more sipping than painting. Jill's police-detective boyfriend is on alert, but a designated driver volunteers to take the drunken pair back to their bed and breakfast, and everything seems resolved....
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Sharon McCone mysteries volume 30
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English
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"When she is hired to investigate devil worshippers performing human sacrifices in San Francisco, private detective Sharon McCone discovers what her clients are really up to and goes undercover to find the truth." --B&T.
19) Cook's night out
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Angie Amalfi mysteries volume 5
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English
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Angie Amalfi is perfecting a recipe for a chocolate confection, and donates the test batches to the Random Acts of Kindness Mission, but when her boyfriend, police detective Paavo Smith, suddenly finds himself falsely accused of murder and illicit dealings, she takes time out to clear his name and save his life.
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