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Robert Langdon novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 23
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Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to Switzerland when the dead body of a physicist turns up bearing the distinguishing mark of the ancient brotherhood of the "Illuminati." Soon, Langdon suspects this mysterious cult is determined to destroy Catholicism with an unimaginably powerful new weapon.
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Rosato and Associates novels volume 6
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Philadelphia lawyer Judy Carrier defends Anthony Lucia, "Pigeon Tony," an elderly man who raises homing pigeons, accused of murdering a rival. Judy's investigation leads to a decades-old family feud in Italy, and she has to defend Tony in a court of law, as well as from an Italian family wanting to take their own kind of revenge
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Byrnes family ranch westerns volume 2
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With blood and tears, Chet Byrnes built a life in Texas, only to have it shattered by an ill-fated cattle drive and a deadly family feud. Realizing he and his family need to start over in a new territory, Chet and his young nephew set out for Arizona, hoping to find a new home. Chet and Heck cross over New Mexico and ride into Arizona. Encountering killers, bandits, a punishing climate, and a harsh daunting land, they search for the perfect place...
4) Class act
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"Stone Barrington takes down old and new enemies in the latest thriller from perennial fan favorite Stuart Woods. After a rocky jaunt in Maine, Stone Barrington is settling back in New York City when an old client reaches out for help with a delicate matter. A feud they thought was put to rest long ago has reemerged with a vengeance, and reputations--and money--are now on the line. As Stone sets out to unravel a tangled web of crime and secrets, his...
5) Shane
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
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In the summer of 1889, a mysterious and charismatic man rides into a small Wyoming valley, where he joins homesteaders who take a stand against a bullying cattle rancher, and where he changes the lives of a young boy and his parents.
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When Jack Reacher suddenly decides to ask a Greyhound bus driver to let him off near the town of Margrave, Georgia, he thinks it's because his brother once mentioned that the famed blues guitarist Blind Blake died there. But it doesn't take long for the footloose ex-military policeman to discover that there are plenty of strange--and very dangerous--things going on behind Margrave's manicured lawns and clean streets that demand his attention.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 41
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Considered one of George Eliot's finest achievements, "The Mill on the Floss" is famed for its unsurpassed description of English rural life and for its striking, superbly drawn heroine, Maggie Tulliver. This novel's unsentimental evocation of childhood stands as an enduring triumph.
10) Ambush
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Michael Bennett mysteries volume 11
Michael Bennett novel volume 11
Detective Michael Bennett thriller volume 11
Michael Bennett novel volume 11
Detective Michael Bennett thriller volume 11
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"An anonymous tip about a crime in Upper Manhattan proves to be a setup. An officer is taken down--and, despite the attackers' efforts, it's not Michael Bennett. New York's top cop is not the only one at risk. One of Bennett's children sustains a mysterious injury. And a series of murders follows, each with a distinct signature, alerting Bennett to the presence of a professional killer with a flair for disguise. Bennett taps his best investigators...
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Cotton Malone novels volume 5
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Bestseller Berry deftly blends contemporary suspense and historical mystery in his fifth novel to feature former U.S. Justice Department operative Cotton Malone (after The Charlemagne Pursuit). Danish billionaire Henrik Thorvaldsen, a friend of Malone's, has become consumed with finding out who masterminded the slaughter outside a Mexico City courthouse two years earlier that killed seven people, including his young diplomat son. Once he learns that...
12) O, Juliet
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[2010]
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The acclaimed author of "The Wild Irish, The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn," and "Virgin: Prelude to the Throne" offers a new take on the mesmerizing young woman and poet who inspired Shakespeare's most famous female character.
13) Mexican hat
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Kevin Kerney mysteries volume 2
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Retired Sante Fe policeman Kevin Kerney looks forward to a quiet summer working for the forest service in the Gila Wilderness until he discovers a disoriented elderly man and the body of a Mexican tourist in the mountains.
14) Texas blood feud
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Byrnes family ranch westerns volume 1
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[2009]
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Chet Byrnes tries to end the feud he started when he hanged three horse thieves.
15) Forever: a novel
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 33
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Cormac O'Connor, who arrives in New York City from Ireland in 1741, has been given the gift of immortality--but only on the condition that he never leave the island of Manhattan. Through his eyes, this magical epic follows the city's transformation from a burgeoning settlement to the thriving metropolis of the present day. But this is also Cormac's story as he explores the mysteries of time and immortality, death and loss, sex and love
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Sean Dillon thrillers volume 9
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[2001]
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Blake Johnson, head of a clandestine White House operation, and his Irish colleague Sean Dillon work together to stop a murderous vendetta aimed at the president of the United States, who is blamed for a series of attacks on a ruthless Arab-British dynasty.
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Alex Delaware volume 24
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[2009]
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Veteran homicide cop Milo Sturgis and psychologist Alex Delaware expose the shadowy side of glittering Los Angeles as they investigate the gruesome death of a young couple-murdered in flagrante--the man identified as a notorious womanizer and eco-friendly architect, the woman unidentified--in this unforgettable tale spiced with eco-terrorism, arson, blackmail, conspiracy, and a vendetta that runs deep.
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"Set in North Carolina in 1960 and brimming with authenticity and grit, The Moonshiner's Daughter evokes the singular life of sixteen-year-old Jessie Sasser, a young woman determined to escape her family's past. Generations of Sassers have made moonshine in the Brushy Mountains of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Their history is recorded in a leather-bound journal that belongs to Jessie Sasser's daddy, but Jessie wants no part of it. As far as she's...
20) Vendetta canyon
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Merlin Fanshaw western mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
2009
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Sheepman Abel McKenzie and cattleman Zack Rainford were best friends growing up, but now, in 1887 Montana Territory, they've become mortal enemies battling over the same grazing land. When one of McKenzie's sheep herders is killed and the investigation into the homicide receives only cursory review, their feud threatens to throw the people of Meriwether County into a bloody range war. Deputy U.S. Marshal Merlin Fanshaw is sent to stop the range war...