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"FBI Agent Sara Carter is mourning the fact that her father was killed trying to stop the abduction of her half sister years before. It's the reason she became a police officer and the reason for her robust policing style. When that style becomes a problem for her resident agent in charge, she is forced to accept a secondment to Interpol in East Timor. There she is assigned to investigate the abduction of babies in the mountains along the country's...
82) The ultimatum
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Steadfast series volume 3
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English
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Steadfast, Kansas, Population: 3,386 Annie McFay is a waitress with a calling far beyond burgers and fries. jered Manson is a runaway whose dad doesn't support his musical ambition. New ways clash with the old. Annie's newfound faith should make her happy, but her husband sees it as a threat to their marriage. Jered is trying out a new friendship - a dangerous one. And his actions may jeopardize lives besides his own. When Annie and Jered come...
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When New York cop Frank Wojinski is found murdered, death gets very personal for homicide detective Eve Dallas - and she'll stop at nothing to find Frank's killer. But then another victim is claimed: Franks own granddaughter. As Eve delves deeper into the case, more mutilated corpses are discovered. Then a dead body is placed outside Eve's home. Drawn into the sinister world of sexual satanic cult, Eve must put her life on the line to uncover a sadistic...
85) Wild animus
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Wild animus is a search for the primordial, a test of human foundations and a journey to the breaking point.
86) Deeply
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2001.
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English
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The story of a girl and her mother who come to Ironbound Island off the coast of Nova Scotia in an attempt to heal after the death of the girl's first true love.
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[2016]
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English
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When her most loyal friend is taken hostage by Peregus Malister, the cruel master of the Thieves Guild, Marek must embark on a corrupt mission to serve the Thieves Guild with her team of would-be heroes. But when the mission leads them into the clutches of Szorlok, their greatest enemy, Marek must sacrifice her ambitions, and perhaps her own soul, to stop Szorlok from obtaining the Darkspore.
89) The sacrifice
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Swedish
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Offret: Alexander's birthday party is interrupted by news that World War III has begun and mankind is hours away from annihilation. To avoid war, Alexander promises to God that he'll sacrifice all he has, even his son.
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Klaatu diskos volume 2
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2013.
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
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Tucker Feye and Lah Lia each hurtle through time, relating their stories in alternating viewpoints that converge at crucial moments.
93) Circle of bones
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[2021]
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English
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A Filipino police squad suspects that a former FBI agent may be the key to solving a series of cult massacres and child sacrifices.
95) Rites of Spring
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2012.
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English
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A group of kidnappers abduct the daughter of a wealthy socialite and hide out in an abandoned school in the middle of the woods. But feelings of guilt soon overtake the kidnappers, dividing the group and putting their entire plan into jeopardy. The evening further spirals out of control when their poorly-chosen hideout becomes a hunting ground for a mysterious creature that requires springtime ritualistic sacrifices.
96) The wicker tree
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2012.
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When two young missionaries head to Scotland, they are initially charmed by the locals in the town of Tressock, and agree to become the local Queen and Laddie of the May for the annual town festival. But the couple is not prepared for the frightening consequences of their decision, and the very disturbing secrets they are about to discover about Tressock's seemingly friendly townspeople.
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[2013]
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This haunting, kabuki-inflected version of a Japanese folk legend is set in a remote mountain village, where food is scarce and tradition dictates that citizens who have reached their seventieth year must be carried to the summit of Mount Narayama and left there to die. The sacrificial elder at the center of the tale is Orin, a dignified and dutiful woman who spends her dwindling days securing the happiness of her loyal widowed son with a respectable...
99) Sounder
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1969
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"Somber as the book is, it is moving, tender, and inexorable. The human characters have no names; they are a symbol of all the poor, black or white, who face indignity with courage."-Saturday Review
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