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21) After death
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
369 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Michael Mace, head of security at a top-secret research facility, opens his eyes in a makeshift morgue twenty-four hours following an event in which everyone perished--including him and his best friend, Shelby Shrewsberry. Having awakened with an extraordinary ability unlike anything he--or anyone else--has ever imagined, Michael is capable of being as elusive as a ghost. He sets out to honor his late friend by helping Nina Dozier and her son, John,...
22) Our violent ends
Author
Series
These violent delights volume 2
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
494 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Though secrets and lies keep Juliette and Roma apart, a monster still prowls the city of Shanghai, and the two are going to have to put aside their differences to end this threat once and for all."--
Author
Series
Perfect chemistry series volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
When wealthy, seemingly perfect Brittany and Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, develop a relationship after Alex discovers that Brittany is not exactly who she seems to be, they must face the disapproval of their schoolmates--and others.
24) Scorpions
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
After reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he acquires a gun--until a tragedy occurs.
25) Heat 2: a novel
Author
Publisher
Michael Mann Books/William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
470 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"One day after the end of Heat, Chris Shiherlis ... is holed up in Koreatown, wounded, half delirious, and desperately trying to escape LA. Hunting him is LAPD detective Vincent Hanna. ... Hours earlier, Hanna killed Shiherlis's brother in arms Neil McCauley ... in a gunfight under the strobe lights at the foot of an LAX runway. Now Hanna's determined to capture or kill Shiherlis, the last survivor of McCauley's crew. ... In 1988, seven years earlier,...
Author
Series
Sammy and the Cheese volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"San Francisco, 1947. Bartender Sammy 'Two Toes' Tiffin and the rest of the Cookie's Coffee Irregulars, a ragtag bunch of working mugs last seen in Noir, are on the hustle: they're trying to open a driving school for Chinatown residents; shanghai an abusive Swedish stevedore; get Mable, the local madam, and her girls to a Christmas party at the State Hospital without alerting the overzealous head of the S.F.P.D. vice squad; all while Sammy's girlfriend,...
28) Break
Author
Series
Cutter Grogan volume 1
Publisher
Three Aces Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
435 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Delta Forces operator Cutter Grogan fought for his country. He gave his all and has the losses and the scars to show. Now, he's waging another fight. For those whom the system has failed. Cutter served in the world's most dangerous hot spots and sacrificed everything for his country. His military file has more redactions than words. That life is behind him. He's a fixer now. He uses his specialist skills to help those whom the system let down. When...
Author
Series
Addison Cooke volume 2
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
451 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When his aunt and uncle become pawns in a Chinese gang's plan to steal the Khan's most prized possession, junior archaeologist Addison and his friends are caught in the middle of a war between the gang and a band of Russian adversaries"--Provided by publisher.
30) Badlands
Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"Edgar Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box is back with a masterpiece of suspense set in a time and place that readers won't soon forget. Twenty miles across the North Dakota border, where the scenery goes from rolling grass prairie to pipeline fields, detective Cassie Dewell has been assigned as the new deputy sheriff of Grimstad-a place people used to be from, but were never headed to. Grimstad is now the oil capital of North...
31) High white sun
Author
Series
Sheriff Chris Cherry novels volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
466 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the wake of Sheriff Stanford Ross's death, former deputy Chris Cherry--now Sheriff Cherry--is the new "law" in Big Bend County, yet he still struggles to escape the long, dark shadow of that infamous lawman. As Chris tries to remake and modernize his corrupt department, bringing in new deputies, including young America Reynosa and Ben Harper--a hard-edged veteran homicide detective now lured out of retirement--he finds himself constantly staring...
32) Just like that
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Golden Dome 2022-2023
Read Where You Are: Summer Reading 2023 for Kids
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominees: 2022-2023 Master List
Read Where You Are: Summer Reading 2023 for Kids
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominees: 2022-2023 Master List
Description
With insight and a light touch, best-selling, Newbery Honor-winning author Gary D. Schmidt tells two poignant, linked stories: that of a grieving girl and a boy trying to escape his violent past. Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students...
33) Black duck
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2008, c1994
Physical Desc
208 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
From the author of the bestselling Phryne Fisher Series comes Blood and Circuses, the next historical mystery featuring an unstoppable, elegant amateur sleuth. Can Miss Fisher uncover the truth without losing her life?
Looking for a thrilling detective novel? This story is:
• Perfect for Fans of Rhys Bowen and Jacqueline Winspear
• Inspired the Netflix show Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
• Movie Currently Streaming on Acorn TV
Phryne Fisher...
35) Ten big ones
Author
Series
Stephanie Plum mysteries volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stephanie's predicament begins outside a deli-mart when it is robbed by a man wearing a devil mask. Before the crime is over, Stephanie's car is in flames--again! But she has also seen the thief's face. Learning that he is a member of the Trenton street gang, she goes after him. But instead of bringing down the thief, she finds herself on the run ...
36) Dream town
Author
Series
Eve Ronin novels volume 5
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
LASD detective Eve Ronin struggles to investigate the murder of a reality star that brings her into a music industry war and puts her into conflict with a vicious Chilean gang.
37) Don't blink
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
The good: New York's Lombardo's Steak House is famous for three reasons, the menu, the clientele, and now, the gruesome murder of an infamous mob lawyer. Effortlessly, the assassin slips through the police's fingers, and his absence sparks a blaze of accusations about who ordered the hit. The bad: Seated at a nearby table, reporter Nick Daniels is conducting a once-in-a-lifetime interview with a legendary baseball bad boy. In the chaos, he accidentally...
38) Six of crows
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
A convict with a thirst for revenge. A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager. A runaway with a privileged past. A spy known as the Wraith. A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums. A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes. Kaz Brekker and his crew are the only ones who might stand between the world and destruction - if they don't kill each other first.
Author
Series
The Spenser collection volume 1
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
[2006?]
Physical Desc
10 sound discs (12.5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hugger mugger: Spenser is approached by the president of Three Fillies Stables to find out who is threatening his horse Hugger Mugger. Potshot: Spenser heads west to the rich man's haven of Potshot, Arizona, where a local gang threatens the town.
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