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Aaron Falk novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
When one member of a five-woman team of co-workers goes missing during a corporate retreat, federal police agent Aaron Falk uncovers dark secrets in his search for the woman, a whistleblower and major contributor to his latest case.
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English
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An original debut novel set in Ghana, Wife of the Gods is the story of Detective Inspector Darko Dawson, who is sent from the big city to the village of Ketanu to solve the murder of an accomplished young AIDS worker. Darko's own mother disappeared from this same village many years ago, and as the mystery unfolds, the reader meets a rich cast of characters, and learns about Trokosi, a system where young teenage girls are sent to live with fetish priests...
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Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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"Like the spellbinding psychological suspense in The Girl on the Train and Luckiest Girl Alive, Megan Miranda?s novel is a nail-biting, breathtaking story about the disappearances of two young women?a decade apart?told in reverse."--Amazon.com.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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When Captain Kyle Mercer of the Army's elite Delta Force disappeared from his post in Afghanistan, a video released by his Taliban captors made international headlines. But circumstances were murky: Did Mercer desert before he was captured? Then a second video sent to Mercer's Army commanders leaves no doubt: the trained assassin and keeper of classified Army intelligence has willfully disappeared. When, a year later, Mercer is spotted in Caracas,...
27) Forever Odd
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
I see dead people. But then, by God, I do something about it. Odd Thomas never asked for his special ability. He’s just an ordinary guy trying to live a quiet life in the small desert town of Pico Mundo. Yet he feels an obligation to do right by his otherworldly confidants, and that’s why he’s won hearts on both sides of the divide between life and death. But when...
I see dead people. But then, by God, I do something about it. Odd Thomas never asked for his special ability. He’s just an ordinary guy trying to live a quiet life in the small desert town of Pico Mundo. Yet he feels an obligation to do right by his otherworldly confidants, and that’s why he’s won hearts on both sides of the divide between life and death. But when...
28) On borrowed time
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English
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Richard Kilmer is head over heels in love with Jennifer Ryan, who takes him home to meet her parents. There she accepts his marriage proposal, and they set out on a drive up to Kendrick Falls. But a freak storm causes Richard to lose control of his car, and it rolls. And Jen is gone. Richard can't find her. The police can't find her. No one in Richard's life will even confirm Jen's existence, and all traces of her have disappeared.
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English
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Hiding behind the public facade of a private investigation firm -- Blackthorne, Incorporated -- are a band of elite covert operatives. But Dalton's obsession with putting a Colombian drug lord out of the picture threatens to endanger his life and the lives of his team.
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (110 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
A stunning debut from Chinese director Bi Gan, KAILI BLUES is an audacious, mesmerizing work that announces the arrival of a major new filmmaker. In a small clinic in the rain-drenched city of Kaili, two preoccupied doctors live ghost-like lives. One of them, Chen, decides to fulfill a family wish and sets off on a train journey to search for his brother's abandoned child, only to find himself in a dreamlike world where past, present, and future--as...
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"While the residents of the Québec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He's asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university. While he is perplexed as to why the...
32) Deadly harvest
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English
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A dark legend comes to life
When a young woman is found dead in a field, dressed up as a scarecrow with a slashed grin and a broken neck, the residents of Salem, Massachusetts, begin to fear that the infamous Harvest Man is more than just a rumor. But out-of-town cop Jeremy Flynn doesn't have time for ghost stories. He's in town on another investigation, looking for a friend's wife, who mysteriously vanished in a cemetery.
Complicating his efforts...
When a young woman is found dead in a field, dressed up as a scarecrow with a slashed grin and a broken neck, the residents of Salem, Massachusetts, begin to fear that the infamous Harvest Man is more than just a rumor. But out-of-town cop Jeremy Flynn doesn't have time for ghost stories. He's in town on another investigation, looking for a friend's wife, who mysteriously vanished in a cemetery.
Complicating his efforts...
33) The Book of Time
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Sam Faulkner travels back in time to medieval Ireland, ancient Egypt and Renaissance Bruges in search of his missing father.
34) Ciao, Suerte
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Publisher
Nouvella
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
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English
Description
Decades after her son and his pregnant wife are kidnapped and killed during the Dirty War in Argentina, Beatriz is given a lead on the whereabouts of her grandson after a long and desperate search. CIAO, SUERTE follows the sudden and tense reunion of Miguel, adopted by wealthy Patagonians as a baby, with his only remaining biological family: Beatriz and her estranged husband Giancarlo. Set in Madrid as Miguel is living out his late teenage years alongside...
35) True crime story
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English
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"Zoe Nolan disappeared from Manchester University in 2011. Her story was sad, certainly, but hardly sensational, Joseph Knox thought. As a crime writer, he felt that dead girls were everywhere, and the missing ones just didn't cut it. He wouldn't have given her any more thought were it not for Evelyn Mitchell. Another writer struggling to come up with a new idea, Evelyn attended one of Joseph's publicity events, and she was wondering just what happened...
36) Bonfire: a novel
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Can you ever outrun your past?From actress, producer, and writer Krysten Ritter, a gripping, tightly wound suspense novel about a woman forced to confront her past in the wake of small-town corruption It has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence of her small-town roots. Now working as an environmental lawyer in Chicago, she has a thriving career, a modern apartment, and her pick of meaningless one-night...
37) Gone for good
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English
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NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES • “Gone for Good contains more plot twists than you can count, with a jarring revelation in nearly every chapter. . . . [Harlan] Coben has crafted a taut thriller with a slew of compelling characters. . . . As subtle as a shotgun, and just as effective.”—San Francisco Chronicle
As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, on a warm suburban night in the...
As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, on a warm suburban night in the...
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"Leigh Fletcher: happily married stepmom to two gorgeous boys goes missing on Monday. Her husband, Mark, says he knows nothing of her whereabouts. She went to work and just never came home. Their family is shattered. Kai Janssen: married to wealthy Dutch businessman Daan and vanishes the same week. Kai left their luxurious penthouse and glamorous world without a backward glance. She seemingly evaporated into thin air. Daan is distraught. Detective...
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Series
Kinsey Millhone mysteries volume 19
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Thirty-four years after Violet Sullivan's unexplained disappearance, Daisy--the not-quite-seven-year-old daughter she left behind--enlists the assistance of private detective Kinsey Millhone to help her find the truth.
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Publisher
CreateSpace
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
Nearly forty years ago, Lux Madigan's twin sister, Nix, vanished from the asylum where they were institutionalized during the Eugenics Movement. Lux is haunted by her disappearance. Approaching sixty with a damaged memory and a fatal heart condition, Lux's time is running out. In desperate belief that her sister is still alive, she spends her days searching the cursed city of Cape Perpetua. But the hole in Lux's heart continues to grow and the screams...
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