Scott McCormick
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"Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been despatched to assist a group of scientists who are investigating a mysterious black hole which has appeared on a Somerset hillside. Could it really be a doorway to another dimension, an opening into another world? When one of the scientists disappears into the hole, with fatal consequences, Ishmael must prove whether it was an accident or murder. But with no clues, no witnesses and no apparent motive,...
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Byrnes family ranch volume 10
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
Description
With electric cables stretching from the Colorado River to Gallup, New Mexico, a new telegraph system will connect the settlers of the Arizona Territory and to the rest of the country a dream come true for rancher Chet Byrnes and his family but Chet will have to face off with a henchman who would kill to sabotage the project.
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"When Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are asked to escort a VIP on the late-night train to Bath, it would appear to be a routine case. The Organisation has acquired intelligence that an attempt is to be made on Sir Dennis Gregson's life as he travels to Bath to take up his new position as Head of the British Psychic Weapons Division. Ishmael's mission is to ensure that Sir Dennis arrives safely. How could anyone orchestrate a murder in a crowded...
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Mountain Man: Matt Jensen volume 10
Matt Jensen the last mountain man volume 10
Mountain Man Matt Jensen volume 10
Wheeler large print western
Matt Jensen the last mountain man volume 10
Mountain Man Matt Jensen volume 10
Wheeler large print western
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English
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After surviving a brilliantly plotted murder attempt, the richest man in San Francisco is looking to hire the best protection money can buy. Enter Matt Jensen, who, for the princely sum of $5000, agrees to escort millionaire John Gillespie and his very fetching daughter on a railway journey from Frisco to Chicago. There's just one catch: the world's deadliest killers are coming along for the ride... In Provo, Utah, a knife-wielding assassin leads...
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"Ishmael Jones is attending the re-opening of Tyrone's Castle, an ancient Cornish inn originally built by smugglers. Over dinner, the guests entertain one another with ghost stories inspired by local legends. But it would appear the curse of Tyrone's Castle has struck for real when one of their number disappears into thin air. And then another."--Publisher's description.
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Mystwalker novels volume 1
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English
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My name is Hedi Peacock and I have a secret. I'm not human, and I have the pointy Fae ears and Were inner-bitch to prove it. As fairy tales go, my childhood was damn near perfect, all fur and magic until a werewolf killed my father and the Fae executed my mother. I've never forgiven either side. Especially Robson Trowbridge. He was a part-time werewolf, a full-time bastard, and the first and only boy I ever loved. That is, until he became the prime...
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Byrnes family ranch westerns volume 6
Byrnes Family Ranch novel volume 07
A Byrnes Family Ranch novel volume 7
Byrnes Family Ranch novel volume 07
A Byrnes Family Ranch novel volume 7
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English
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"For Chet Byrnes, building a ranching empire means adding new land, hiring good men, finding water and trying new breeds of cattle. But outlaws and Tuscon's idle rich want to take it all away--and Arizona just may be too lawless to stop it. So while the Byrnes family expands its reach, Chet must do his job hunting down outlaws on either side of the border. Chet's cowboys prove to be tireless fighters, going up against former Mexican military men,...
29) Dead man walking
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Ishmael Jones novels volume 2
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English
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"A rogue agent has come in from the cold and wants to spill his secrets. The Organisation wants Ishmael to find out if Frank Parker is who he says he is, what he really knows, and why he has emerged from the shadows after all this time. Ishmael heads to Ringstone Lodge in Yorkshire where Parker is being held to find that an atmosphere of fear and suspicion prevails. As he and his fellow residents are menaced by a series of alarming and inexplicable...
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Byrnes family ranch volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Two yeras later and the feud rages on between the Byrnes and Reynolds families. Chet Byrnes and his nephew Heck set off to find a new ranch in the Arizona Territory but even there they may have to face deadly enemies old and new.
31) Death shall come
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"Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been summoned to remote Cardavan House, home of the world's largest private collection of Ancient Egyptian artefacts, for the unveiling of George Cardavan's latest acquisition: a bone fide Egyptian mummy. When a bloodstained body is discovered beside the empty sarcophagus, Ishmael is dismissive of the theory that the mummy's curse is to blame. Instead he sets out to uncover the human killer responsible. But...
32) Ripper
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
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710L
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English
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Adopted by famous Pinkerton Agency Detective Hawking in 1895 New York, fourteen-year-old Carver Young hopes to find his birth father, but when he becomes involved in the pursuit of notorious killer Jack the Ripper, Carver discovers that finding the truth can be worse than ignorance.
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[2013]
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English
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In a chaotic blast of gunfire, the James Gang fled a posse's attack--and the infamous Jesse threw his cousin Jeston Nash a hoard of stolen cash. But dodging the law with thirty thousand dollars in a dusty carpetbag is a risky proposition. Hoping to lie low in the mountains of the Northwest, Jeston and his partner, Quiet Jack, find themselves on a journey into the dark heart of human nature--and deadly animal instinct.
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[2013]
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English
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it would've been easy killing Two Diamond Joe with a second shot. No man takes a .44 round square between the eyes and survives. But Jeston Nash only wants his prize horse back from the man, and a fast trail out of the New Mexico badlands. ...Together again with Quiet Jack, Nash is on a hunt that will take him through unforgiving terrain, a tangle of firebrand beauties, and even into a lawman's trust...before squaring off with the most ruthless pack...
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[2013]
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English
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In 1868, as U.S. Cavalry begins another romp towards manifest destiny in the heart of Indian land, the Sioux nation is ripped apart by one tribes's angry death throes and another tribe's greed. Jeston Nash and Quiet Jack Smith find themselves in the midst of Chief Red Cloud's war. They find themselves fighting against outlaws, warriors and the U.S. government.
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"The twelve most important business people in the world are having their annual meeting. But one by one they're being murdered. The first agent sent to investigate has also been killed. Now it's down to Ishmael Jones and his partner in crimes, Penny Belcourt, to get to the bottom of things. Of course, it doesn't help that this is all taking place at a hotel near Loch Ness"--
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Rattlesnake Wells, Wyoming volume 2
Rattlesnake Wells Wyoming volume 02
Rattlesnake Wells Wyoming volume 2
Rattlesnake Wells Wyoming volume 02
Rattlesnake Wells Wyoming volume 2
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English
Description
In the shadow of the Prophecy Mountains, the ramshackle boomtown of Rattlesnake Wells draws schemers, predators, and desperate pilgrims. As for the law, that's the town marshal, a former Texas outlaw trying to make a new life for himself. ButSundown Bob Hatfield knows a man who's slick on the draw can't escape trouble for long. In Rattlesnake Wells, you fight fire with fire--and a new one has just exploded.
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Byrnes family ranch volume 6
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
For Chet Byrnes, building a ranching empire means adding new land, hiring good men, finding water and trying new breeds of cattle. But outlaws and Tuscon's idle rich want to take it all away--and Arizona just may be too lawless to stop it. So while the Byrnes family expands its reach, Chet must do his job hunting down outlaws on either side of the border. Chet's cowboys prove to be tireless fighters, going up against former Mexican military men,...